State comparison · 2025
Dental Hygienists salary: Alaska vs Delaware
Dental Hygienists in Alaska earn a median of $132,690. In Delaware, $98,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 34.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.2%
Alaska vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $132,690
- p25
- $130,340
- p75
- $136,450
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $138,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Delaware
Dental Hygienists
- Median
- $98,910
- p25
- $97,570
- p75
- $103,310
- p10
- $93,580
- p90
- $112,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.